3..2..1..INITIATION – EWP Operations Update – Wednesday 5/21 – 2:10pm

Posted in Outlooks on by Darrel Kingfield.

We were greeted post-EFP briefing with an explosion of development across across the Ohio Valley and out west in Colorado. Forecasters were quickly allocated to work out of the Indianapolis, IN (IND) to diagnose the rapidly developing cumulus field from Montgomery Country westward.

0.5 deg reflectivity from KIND from 1813z - 1929z on May 21, 2014
0.5 deg reflectivity from KIND from 1813z – 1929z on May 21, 2014

Our second team is working out of the Boulder/Denver, CO (BOU) CWA diagnosing the rapidly developing convection from N/S near the Front Range Mountains.

Super-Rapid Scan visible imagery from 1917z-1929z
Super-Rapid Scan visible imagery from 1917z-1929z

With a Severe Thunderstorm Watch issued for the Ohio Valley and a Tornado Watch issued in CO/WY region until 9pm, it looks like a busy afternoon ahead.

WW #164 from the Storm Prediction Center.
WW #164 from the Storm Prediction Center.
WW #165 from the Storm Prediction Center.
WW #165 from the Storm Prediction Center.

-Darrel Kingfield
EWP Week 3 Coordinator

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